Phew...lucky escape thanks to Ole pulling another rabbit out of his magic hat. He is our lucky charm I tell you. Should have put the game to bed earlier with the chances that were created. Great attacking play from United though. Villa were stretched to the limit trying just to survive. If it wasn't for our forwards profligacy, Villa would have been buried with a hatful of goals.
Great debut from Larsson and a great goal to boot, quick control and shot. He looks like a masterstroke from Fergie. Such an intelligent player with great technical ability. It looks like he's been playing in the team for years. Love the way he runs the channels. Rooney could learn a lot from him.
Rooney inches closer to a return to form. Seems to be low on confidence. Should have buried those chances.
Ronaldo seemed to have came down a bit from his high flying act in December. But still contributed lots in our play.
Carrick had a lot to do in midfield I thought. Giggsy was roaming all over the place so Carrick had to man the fort alone. No wonder he was knackered near the end. Luckily Villa was so preoccupied with dealing with wave after wave of United attack that it didn't matter.
I like Park. He is an intelligent and hardworking player. But he is too lightweight and gets brushed off the ball too easily. I've said this before, that he needs to build some muscles and get physical. Ronnie used to be brushed off easily during his early days but not anymore as he is clearly a bigger, stronger lad now.
The defence in Vidic's absence did OK. To be honest they didn't really have much to do. Did have a few scares which I thought they should have done better to deal with. And Baros's goal was luck on Villa's part as Cahill's scuffed shot went straight to Baros. Was very impressed by Evra though who did a great Roberto Carlos impression, outpacing Agbonlahor on a few occasions and dribbling past players.
Decent performance from Kuszcak who didn't have a lot to do but did OK when he did.
Overall, Great result for us because we avoid a replay in an already congested fixture list.
Great debut from Larsson and a great goal to boot, quick control and shot. He looks like a masterstroke from Fergie. Such an intelligent player with great technical ability. It looks like he's been playing in the team for years. Love the way he runs the channels. Rooney could learn a lot from him.
Rooney inches closer to a return to form. Seems to be low on confidence. Should have buried those chances.
Ronaldo seemed to have came down a bit from his high flying act in December. But still contributed lots in our play.
Carrick had a lot to do in midfield I thought. Giggsy was roaming all over the place so Carrick had to man the fort alone. No wonder he was knackered near the end. Luckily Villa was so preoccupied with dealing with wave after wave of United attack that it didn't matter.
I like Park. He is an intelligent and hardworking player. But he is too lightweight and gets brushed off the ball too easily. I've said this before, that he needs to build some muscles and get physical. Ronnie used to be brushed off easily during his early days but not anymore as he is clearly a bigger, stronger lad now.
The defence in Vidic's absence did OK. To be honest they didn't really have much to do. Did have a few scares which I thought they should have done better to deal with. And Baros's goal was luck on Villa's part as Cahill's scuffed shot went straight to Baros. Was very impressed by Evra though who did a great Roberto Carlos impression, outpacing Agbonlahor on a few occasions and dribbling past players.
Decent performance from Kuszcak who didn't have a lot to do but did OK when he did.
Overall, Great result for us because we avoid a replay in an already congested fixture list.
